8622254489 | Allegory | Lesson being taught through image | 0 | |
8622254490 | Allusion | Reference to an outside piece of literature (bible or mythology reference) | 1 | |
8622254491 | Analogy | Comparison | 2 | |
8622254492 | Aphorism | Short witty saying with moral | 3 | |
8622254493 | Colloquial/colloquialism | Informal | 4 | |
8622254494 | Connotation/denotation | Literal definition of something | 5 | |
8622254495 | Didactic | Teaches a lesson | 6 | |
8622254496 | Extended metaphor | Metaphor over many lines | 7 | |
8622254497 | Figure of speech | Figurative language | 8 | |
8622254498 | Genre | Type of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio, drama, essay) | 9 | |
8622254499 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 10 | |
8622254500 | Inference/infer | a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. | 11 | |
8622254501 | Irony/ironic | 3 types: Verbal- say one thing mean another Situational- expect one thing to happen but something else does Dramatic- for drama, characters don't know something that audience does | 12 | |
8622254502 | Metaphor | Comparison without using like or as | 13 | |
8622254503 | Mood | Audience reaction | 14 | |
8622254504 | Onomonapeia | Sound mimicking its meaning | 15 | |
8622254505 | Paradox | Contradiction | 16 | |
8622254506 | Parody | Mock up (making fun of something) | 17 | |
8622254507 | Personification | Human qualities for an inanimate object | 18 | |
8622254508 | Predicate adjective | Completes to be/linking verbs | 19 | |
8622254509 | Prose | Literature | 20 | |
8622254510 | Rhetoric | Style of speaking of writing | 21 | |
8622254511 | Sarcasm | Satire, ironic way of writing | 22 | |
8622254512 | Semantics | Study of words | 23 | |
8622254513 | Subject complement | Subject completion | 24 | |
8622254514 | Syllogism | Truth/premise | 25 | |
8622254515 | Understatement | Type of satire, saying something is less important or exaggerated then it truly is | 26 | |
8622254516 | Classification | Genre | 27 | |
8622254517 | Inductive/deductive logic | Small to big idea, specific to general | 28 | |
8622254518 | Antithesis | Opposite | 29 | |
8622254519 | Begging the question | Answering a question with a question | 30 | |
8622254520 | (Over)generalization | General statement that isn't always right | 31 | |
8622254521 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consenent | 32 | |
8622254522 | Ambiguity | Not clear | 33 | |
8622254523 | Antecedent | Before pronoun | 34 | |
8622254524 | Apostrophe | Direct address without an answer | 35 | |
8622254525 | Clause | a unit of grammatical organization said to consist of a subject and predicate | 36 | |
8622254526 | Conceit | Comparison of two dissimilar things | 37 | |
8622254527 | Generic conventions | Nonspecific | 38 | |
8622254528 | Homily | Sermon that teaches a lesson | 39 | |
8622254529 | invective | something nasty, rant | 40 | |
8622254530 | loose/periodic sentence | run on sentence | 41 | |
8622254531 | metonomy | use one phase over another that means the same | 42 | |
8622254532 | oxymoron | contradiction | 43 | |
8622254533 | pedantic | cocky, inflated opinion of knowledge | 44 | |
8622254534 | predicate nominative | noun/pronoun completion | 45 | |
8622254535 | repetition | emphasis effect for repeating something | 46 | |
8622254536 | rhetorical modes | methods | 47 | |
8622254537 | satire | poking fun at the faults and foibles of society in order to effect change | 48 | |
8622254538 | subordinate clause | clause that depends on a main clause | 49 | |
8622254539 | symbol/symbolism | symbol for something | 50 | |
8622254540 | false dilemma | false syllogism | 51 | |
8622254541 | chronological narration | in order | 52 | |
8622254542 | ad hominem argument | against/attacking person | 53 | |
8622254543 | damning with faint praise | backhanded compliment | 54 | |
8622254544 | reasoning in a circle | going in a circle | 55 | |
8622254545 | begging the question | answering the question with a question | 56 | |
8622254546 | figurative language | figures of speech | 57 | |
8622254547 | syntax | position of words in a sentence | 58 | |
8622254548 | style or stylistic elements | sum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of words | 59 | |
8622254549 | rhetorical purpose of function | strategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing | 60 | |
8622254550 | assertion | statement or declaration | 61 | |
8622254551 | metaphor | implicit comparison not using like or as | 62 | |
8622254552 | anecdote | personal story | 63 | |
8622254553 | antithesis | contrast or opposition of thoughts (against thesis) | 64 | |
8622254554 | euphemism | less direct or offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is indirect or offensive | 65 | |
8622254555 | informal | personal rather than a formal, rhetoric style | 66 | |
8622254556 | circumlocution | a round about, euphemistic way of saying something (not going to the point right away) | 67 | |
8622254557 | parallel syntax | two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure | 68 |
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